In 2022, he received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year nomination as a featured artist on Bieber's album Justice. Smith has since released the studio albums Erys (2019) and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. Following a three-year work effort, he released his debut studio album, Syre (2017). He later released multiple mixtapes including CTV2 (2014). The song reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified 5× Platinum in the US. Smith began his musical career alongside Canadian singer Justin Bieber, when he was featured on the 2010 single ' Never Say Never'.
Following a seven-year hiatus Smith returned to acting in 2017, starring in the two-part Netflix original The Get Down and a voice-acting role in the Netflix original anime Neo Yokio.
He also starred in the remake films The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) and The Karate Kid (2010). His film debut was with his father Will Smith in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness, and he again appeared with his father in the 2013 film After Earth. He has received various accolades, including a YouTube Creator Award, an MTV Movie Award, a BET Award and a Young Artist Award, among nominations for a Grammy Award, two NAACP Image Awards and an Empire Award. Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998), also known mononymously as Jaden, is an American rapper, singer and actor.
